AMTRAK COMBO MOVE! DOUBLE DARWIN, INSTANT PO-PO KARMA, CAT & RAT, 3 FLAMING ENGINES, FENDER SCRAPING 

Thats the truth!😂

@lynsmith yes and LOL

Well, I guess little did he know he was gonna get pulled over by that deputy. Now that’s some instant justice from the Oldham County Sheriff’s Office.

Considering that it could've been alot worse, yeah, police karma.

@@ChadSimplicio I mean, yeah it certainly could’ve been a lot worse, but it is a good thing that deputy actually saw that and was able to issue a citation for that.

Yeah, that was strange

@@jerrysinclair3771 Not the first time 4 and 6 did that there. Usually happens when something shuts down the tracks on its normal route after galesberg and they have to use the old ATSF route that was used pre BN and SF merge.

Pretty rare to see an Amtrak passenger train like that, eh?

This was because of a coal train that derailed near Somonauk, IL on the Mendota sub. It blocked both tracks so the Southwest Chief and the California Zephyr were combined and sent up the Chillicothe sub to Chicago.

I like seeing exec MACs also.Justifies keeping my N-Scale coal haulers.Same with the Amtrak MHC cars.

No that protects him from the wheel crushing his head.

That was a rat.

Oh well rat and mice are pretty much the same they are both rodents just one is bigger than the other.

He looked well fed, didn’t need the meal

LOL, when the rat did that "in your face" move, I bust out laughing!

Since a coal train derailed ahead of them on the former CB&Q line, both trains would have needed to reverse several miles to Cameron Illinois. The "connector" track (a high-speed double-wye) at Cameron allows trains to switch between the former CB&Q main line and the former AT&SF main line in either direction. Rather than back both consists that far, the first train reversed direction while the second did its station work. Doing it this way allowed the locomotives on the first train to lead back to the Cameron connector. The combined trains could "do a U-turn" without stopping and proceed back northeast to Chicago on the old AT&SF line at track speed. It would have taken additional time to turn the second consist. This happened last summer as well, when a storm dropped trees on the CB&Q line.

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I don’t think the engine itself is spewing flames. They’re too light. I think it could be something flammable was on the top of the exhaust pipe.

I'm no expert but it almost looks like a DPF burn off.

@@Z4Zander that was my first thought

@@thephantomeagle2 I did wonder as I hit send,so I G-oogled it.Tier V CEVO's do have DPF and to have all 3 locos having similar burns at once is beyond the realms of coincidence.

@@Z4Zander I was wondering if it was ash, and it likely is. It catches ash and soot from the "burning" of diesel fuel.

Only if the track past galesburg gets shut down and the 4 and 6 has to go around.

LOL, when the rat did that "in your face" move, I bust out laughing!

it was never a heritage unit. Originally delivered to the Southern Pacific railroad. That’s just what’s left of its original SP paint

The hopper car is in use as a buffer between the loco and the passenger car. If you stop the video you can read the notice on the side of the hopper, which says it is for buffer service only.

The passenger car is a track inspection car (a "geometry car") with sensors, including cameras, lasers, radar and machine vision systems to survey the track structure passing beneath. That's why it's rolling so slow. As BudgieJane said, the hopper car is a "buffer" car. I'm not certain of its actual function -- maybe to add braking capability or reduce electrical interference from the locomotive?

This is a track geometry consist for detecting flaws in the trackwork. The hopper is filled/ballasted to a specific amount and the ex-passenger car has instrumentation and technicians to monitor the effect on the track and detect any anomalies or flaws.

I’m wondering if that’s actually what the driver said to that deputy

Yeah, I had to look closer myself, can barely see it, it needs to be a little further out to the corner.

Look on Google Streets (2023). It looks unobstructed and 99.9% of cars stop for it.

The VRF cam is not on street level. And if it was zoomed in, even a bit, the image is compressed. So it looks like things are closer than they actually might be.

@@nycfeat I stand corrected, though based on how they ran that stop sign, says they never saw it. Lot of distractions on that street. Not an excuse though.

Ash from a fire I think

Don't be a snowflake

Bridge segments. We had the old wooden rail bridge replace a shield back. The lower the segments into place between bridge piers, or central supports. Then they can fill them with ballast and then ties, rails and all. They do many things. First maintenance is a breeze since it’s just another stretch of track. You don’t have to worry about wood rot from rain and rivers, which can be impossible to detect until it’s too late. Look at how much support structure wood rail bridges need. If one of the wood segments rots and collapses the whole bridge can collapse. Second. Wood bridges are also prone to warping. Even the tiniest warping can misalign the track. 3 speed. Many old wooden bridges are speed restrictive. Those concrete segments allow the same speed

Bridge sections.😃